Conference Agenda
Day 1, Thursday, September 19, 2013
7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Welcome, Day 1 - MDS & Schnatter: How Low Can You Go?
Co-Chair Larry J. Chilton, Chilton Yambert & Porter LLP, Chicago
Co-Chair Tim Gray, Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy LLP, New Orleans
Co-Chair Tom Schwartz, Holloran White Schwartz & Gaertner LLP, St. Louis
8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Epidemiology of Myelodysplastic Syndrome
David H. Garabrant, M.D., M.P.H., University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Is this Really Myelodysplastic Syndrome? A Primer on the Diagnosis of MDS
John M. Bennett, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N.Y.
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Refreshment Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
The Schnatter Pooled Analysis – Something for Everyone?
Good for Defendants
Lawrence P. Riff, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Los Angeles
Good for Plaintiffs
J. Keith Hyde, Provost Umphrey Law Firm LLP, Beaumont, TX
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Lunch
12:45 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Intentional Tort Claims
Joseph D. Lonardo, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Washington, DC
Dean Hartley, Hartley & O'Brien PLLC, Wheeling, WV
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Hot off the Presses
Recent Gasoline Literature and its Impact in the Courtroom
Brett J. Young, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Houston
Raphael Metzger, Metzger Law Group, Long Beach, CA
Tincher v. Omega Flex: The Answer to Which Restatement Governs in Pennsylvania Products Liability Law
Steven M. Lucks, Fishkin Lucks LLP, New York
Andrew J. DuPont, Locks Law Firm, Philadelphia
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Refreshment Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
The Most Active Jurisdictions - California, Louisiana, Madison County, Philadelphia & Texas
Moderator:
Stan Perry, Reed Smith, Houston
California
Barry J. Thompson, Hogan Lovells, Los Angeles
Chris Madeksho, Madeksho Law Firm, Los Angeles
Illinois (Madison County)
Joseph R. Vallort, Chilton Yambert & Porter LLP, Chicago
Tom Schwartz, Holloran White Schwartz & Gaertner LLP, St. Louis
Louisiana
Lea Ann Smith, Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy, LLP, New Orleans
Pennsylvania
Steven M. Lucks, Fishkin Lucks LLP, New York
Andrew J. DuPont, Locks Law Firm, Philadelphia
Texas
Andrew C. Schirrmeister III, Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem, LLP, Houston
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Mediation: What Works, and What Doesn’t
Greg Thompson, Greg Thompson Mediation Services, Beaumont, TX
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Networking Cocktail Reception
Day 2, Friday, September 20, 2013
7:45 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome, Day 2 - Occupational Exposures to Benzene in the Workplace: Pursuing and Defending Direct Actions Against the Employer and Other Defendants in Employee/Employer Cases
Co-Chair Larry J. Chilton, Chilton Yambert & Porter LLP, Chicago
Co-Chair Tim Gray, Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy LLP, New Orleans
Co-Chair Tom Schwartz, Holloran White Schwartz & Gaertner LLP, St. Louis
9:00 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
Ethics - A View from the Bench: Does the American Jury Need Defending?
Judge Warren D. Wolfson, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, DePaul College of Law, Chicago
9:40 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
From the Jury Box: A Juror's Perspective On Asking Questions of Witnesses
Elizabeth Foley, Zagnoli McEvoy Foley LLC, Litigation Consulting, Chicago
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Maritime and FELA
Robert J. Kelly, Littleton Joyce Ughetta Park & Kelly LLP, Red Bank NJ
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Refreshment Break
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
The History of Leukemia
Keith Patton, Shrader & Associates, Houston
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Workers’ Compensation and Exceptions to Workers' Compensation Exclusivity
Tom Schwartz, Holloran White Schwartz & Gaertner LLP, St. Louis
Denise Klug Pentino, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Wheeling, WV